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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

G-Mat 4 - YELLOW IS GOOOOOOO!!!

You need acid dyes for nylon and the general consensus seems to be that Jacquard are the company to use. I wanted a nice deep mustard yellow and the yellow sun dye looked just right for that. So, 7 litres of hot water simmering away in a steel bucket and in goes the dye and half a cup of vinegar (the acid) to fix the dye to the fabric.

Not looking too yellow! Still, in for a penny, in for a pound and in goes the mat. A bit of mixing and....

Looking pretty yellow! In fact....

It looks REALLY feckin' yellow!!! No chance of losing this one anyway! :-D

So then, grip and logo's to do and then my small wave summer mat will be ready, just in time for Autumn!

Thanks Tusked Beast. I'm pretty stoked how its come out. I'm hopeful that the grip, etc will break up the huge expanse of yellow! I lost a mat a while back too. Since then many over here put their details on their mats.

Prana, I contemplated that as a name for it, amongst others. Gonna wait until complete to decide though